Publisher's Synopsis
THE COMPLETE ZENITH collection continues with five edge-of-your-seat crime melodramas. Of the very many enemies faced by Sexton Blake, the great detective, over his long career, Monsieur Zenith was among the most charismatic and deadly. A loner and outsider, he was an aristocrat at a time when, in the wake of the First World War, the aristocracy was fast becoming irrelevant, and for no other reason than to fight his alienation and ennui, he committed crimes that were absolutely astounding in their audacity. Created by Anthony Skene and written in a terse, dynamic style, Zenith enthralled readers for two decades before he, along with his nemesis, Sexton Blake, faded from the limelight. Michael Moorcock is among those upon whom Zenith made a lasting impression, and his doomed swordsman, Elric of Melniboné, was directly inspired by him. For many years, the Zenith yarns have been out of print and exceedingly difficult to find. Now, Blake enthusiast and author Mark Hodder is mining his collection to make all of Zenith's encounters with Sexton Blake available on Kindle. In THE COMPLETE ZENITH, the fantastic adventures are gathered in chronological order complete with their original illustrations, introductory material, and extensive annotations. In the eighth volume you will find: THE STRANGE CASE OF THE THURLINGHAM HALL ROBBERY, a shorter tale in which Zenith faces off against, not Sexton Blake, but Nelson Lee; THE LIVING MASK, in which Zenith partakes in an amazing masquerade; THE TRAIN OF TRAGEDY, a tale of international intrigue; THE STRANGE CASE OF THE JIG-SAW PUZZLE, where a criminal seeks the albino's assistance; and THE MAN IN STEEL, which tells how Zenith tries to sell a formula to a rival nation. It amounts to nearly 90,000 words of stylishly intense action!
